Homework Help - How to improve study habits This interview stresses some basics of helping students get organized such as finding a place to work that is well equipped, best times to do homework, talking to teacher about time to do homework, and the importance of a structure including time limits. Also mentioned not correcting homework so that the teacher knows what needs to be reviewed. The video is about five minutes and well worth showing.Author(s): No creator set

Using Synchronous Audio or Video in Social Studies Classrooms With tools such as instant messenger, Facebook chat, and G-chat readily available, students have become accustomed to speaking with friends through the internet. While these tools are often used for social purposes, they can also be effectively employed in classrooms in order to connect students to other peers, teachers, and mentors throughout the world. Synchronous audio and video applications such as Skype allow students and teachers to share ideas with people living all around the globe at noAuthor(s): Lauren Sturner

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Seminar 21- USAWC Distance Education Class of 2011 One more challenge faced the senior officers as they celebrated completion of two years of internet-based studies at the Army War College's distance education program. The largest graduation class in college history received their diplomas on a day of record-breaking heat, July 22, at historic Carlisle Barracks.Author(s): No creator set

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Gooseneck barnacles in rock crevices Gooseneck barnacles do not move and rely on surrounding waters for food and nutrients. They have strong, hard, and sharp shells that keep predators from walking on them. They resist drying out and are found in all the intertidal zones.Author(s): Katie Hale

Chair Design Students become familiar with the Engineering Design Process as they design and build prototypes for a chair. The miniature chair must be sturdy and functional enough to hold a wooden, hinged artist model or floppy stuffed animal.Author(s): No creator set

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Physics of Roller Coasters Students explore the physics utilized by engineers in designing today's roller coasters, including potential and kinetic energy, friction, and gravity. First, students learn that all true roller coasters are completely driven by the force of gravity and that the conversion between potential and kinetic energy is essential to all roller coasters. Second, they also consider the role of friction in slowing down cars in roller coasters. Finally, they examine the acceleration of roller coaster cars aAuthor(s): Scott Liddle

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Designing and Building a Pick and Place Robot Guidelines for carrying out a project involving the design and construction of a pick and place robot, e.g., one that could be used in a manufacturing assembly operation.Author(s): Sean Lavelle

SEDS-I: Subsatellite in motion (6 frames-second) An animation of the sub-satellite dynamics of Small Expendable Deployer System Mission I. (The online version of this animation is shown at 30 frames-sec, but the tape version is at 6 frames-sec.)Author(s): Lee Huynh,Michael Douglass,Pamela ONeil,P. Toulmin

Smartphone app fights bushfires http://www.firefrontsolutions.com.au/ 37,000+ downloads during 2013-14 bushfire season.
"PocketFire" allows fire fighters to share immediate bushfire maps and info.
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Another UNSW Australia start-up story.
- More tech entrepreneurs since 2000 than any Australian university
- A millionaire alumni larger than any other Australian University
- More Australian ASX200 company CEOs than ANY university
UNSW undergraduates and postgraduates earn the highest median startiAuthor(s): No creator set

Divine Action Talk given by Revd Dr John Polkinghorne as part of summer course 1Author(s): No creator set

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Summer Graduation 2011 http://www.youtube.com/user/StPetersburgCollege
About St. Petersburg College:
In 1927, St. Petersburg College (then known as St. Petersburg Junior College) became Florida's first private, non-profit, two-year school of higher learning located in downtown St. Petersburg. Full accreditation followed in 1931 and in 1948 SPC became a public college.
In June 2001, SPJC officially became St. Petersburg College when Florida's governor signed legislation making it the first community college in FloriAuthor(s): No creator set